Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

John Crosby

Male 1892 - 1959  (67 years)


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  • Name John Crosby 
    Born 15 Jul 1892  , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1912  Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    section man 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-35898 
    Died 3 Dec 1959  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I35898  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Family Edith May Walker,   b. 1889,   d. 1965  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 1 Aug 1912  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Wilbert Crosby
     2. Florence Crosby
     3. Audrey Crosby
     4. John Ivan Crosby,   b. 29 Jan 1913, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 2000, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Harvie Bruce Crosby,   b. 1914, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1977  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F17820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • CROSBY, JOHN

      Of R. R. #2, Hespeler, a resident of the Galt area for the last fifty years, Thursday morning, December 3, 1959, at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, in his 68th year. Mr. Crosby was born in England on July 15, 1892. He came to the Galt area in 1909, where he was an employee of the Board of Works and later Fromm Brothers. Surviving are his wife, Edith May Walker; three sons, Harvey of Stratford; Ivan and Wilbert of Galt; two daughters, Florence, at home; Audrey (Mrs. Charles Orton) of Galt; and eighteen grandchildren. Service at the W. R. Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrew's St., Galt on Saturday at 2. Interment Memory Gardens, Breslau.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206756460/john-crosby.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: John Crosby
      Sex: Male
      Age: 21
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
      Res: Beverly Tp
      Father's Name: Thos Crosby
      Mother's Name: Sarah Cook
      Spouse's Name: Edith Walker
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 21
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
      Res: Beverly Tp
      Spouse's Father's Name: Geo Walker
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Temly
      Marriage Date: 01 Aug 1912
      Marriage Place: Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jul 1892 - , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - section man - 1912 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Aug 1912 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Dec 1959 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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